It was recently announced via Kscope's "post-progressive music podcast" that Steven Wilson's
grammy award-winning band, Porcupine Tree, will be releasing a new CD set on November 5th
2012. The recording, entitled "Octane Twisted," will feature audio footage of their most
recent album, "The Incident" being played live in it's entirety at the Riviera Theater,
Chicago, USA. A special edition including a bonus DVD of the concert can be pre-ordered from
burning shed.

The firat CD contains the live recording of 'The Incident;' the second a compilation of
highlights from their "landmark" show at the Royal Albert Hall. The special edition includes
a DVD of video footage of the 'The Incident' concert.

How is anyone seriously excited for this? First off, it's not even a live DVD if you don't get the damn 'super limited special ultra deluxe edition' - the normal edition is just a live CD. And the best bit is the website claims that "fans of the band have still been clamouring for a new Porcupine Tree release. This wait ends on November 19th." Pff, like this counts. Enough live shit already!

Also, I gotta agree with someguest that although the band as a whole is great live and they have an excellent sound, Wilson's vocals are pretty weak live....I mean, the other guitarist has to sing all the difficult parts for him...

People who say his vocals are bad live have absolutely no idea what they're talking about. He sounds just like he does in the studio, with the only major exception being that "Trains" is down-tuned a bit.

Anyway, I will be on this DVD so I'm looking forward to it. :-P You can actually see me in one of the promo pictures for it.

There probably won't be a new album before 2014, since Wilson will be touring with his solo band throughout 2013. Solo stuffs more interesting at the moment, looking forward to further experimentation.